CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 An African leader in prison in the Promised Land (6)
5 One of the sons of Shimon (1 Chron, 4:20) (3-5)
9 Pregnant (Yiddish) (8)
10 Climax of Bach’s final octet (6)
11 Anglo-Jewish journalist and broadcaster best known for her role as an Agony Aunt (19312010) (6,6)
13 Nethanel’s father (Numb. 1:8) (4)
14 Food that could be extracted from a bone, say (4,4)
17 Clear-headed dog-trainer and candle maker (8)
18 Does she give you the eye, to some extent? (4)
20 Racial hostility towards Jews (12)
23 Friend returns to track with pet (3-3)
24 Hail a hat turned inside out by Racine’s queen (2 Kings 11:1) (8)
25 Got ahead, though it’s not easy (8)
26 Ancient Crusader port south of Cape Carmel (6)
DOWN
2 Bill, the man is a pain (4)
3 Anglo-Jewish humourist and writer who was a team captain on BBC television’s ‘Call My Bluff’ (1938-2007) (4,5)
4 Halachic veto on physical contact with a non-relative member of the opposite sex (Hebrew) (6)
5 Jewish-American singer and actress, star of the movie ‘Yentl’ (b. 1942) (6,9)
6 Israeli coastal town near the border with Lebanon (8)
7 Friendship? Girl embraces it (5)
8 Class of Jews from Eastern Europe (Hebrew) (10)
12 Nazi KL near Weimar - one of the largest KLs within Germany (10)
15 The jewish Rite of Circumcision (Hebrew) (4,5)
16 Grace ill, delirious, hypersensitive (8)
19 Haimisch sausage made from stuffed intestine (Yiddish) (6)
21 As communicated by pilot, I land in Asia (5)
22 Bundle of cash I found in dry river bed (4)
WE APOLOGISE FOR THE ABSENCE OF OUR SCRABBLE CROSSWORD THIS WEEK. ITS COMPILER, DEREK WINE, IS CURRENTLY INDISPOSED. SCRABBLE WILL RETURN AS SOON